Cured: The Remarkable Science and Stories of Spontaneous Healing and Recovery
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- Author：Jeff Rediger
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Summary
Long after she's supposed to be dead， a woman with aggressive pancreatic cancer finds herself cured。 A teenage girl suddenly and unexpectedly overcomes the cerebral palsy she's had since birth。 An 85-year-old man stuns doctors when his CT scan shows that the tumours on his kidneys have inexplicably vanished。 These are cases of 'spontaneous remission' or， what most people call 'medical miracles': incredible testaments of just what the human body is capable of in extremis。
Using his discoveries from these 'Olympians of healing'， Harvard physician and psychiatrist Dr Jeff Rediger offers clear， practical advice on how we can improve our health， from diet and relaxation to a positive mindset when facing illness。
Cured is a fascinating and insightful book about how we can harness our body's natural resilience to take control of our health。
Using his discoveries from these 'Olympians of healing'， Harvard physician and psychiatrist Dr Jeff Rediger offers clear， practical advice on how we can improve our health， from diet and relaxation to a positive mindset when facing illness。
Cured is a fascinating and insightful book about how we can harness our body's natural resilience to take control of our health。
Reviews
Lara Green
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An interesting book showing the power of diet， connections and beliefs in our recovery and health。 Anicidotes arre used to illustrate medical recoveries， but i think this book is best at exploring wellbeimg。
Bookwormbadger
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Many thanks to Netgalley and Penguin books UK for my copy。 This was a fascinating， insightful and thought provoking book about spontaneous remission from terminal illness。 Very well researched， clear and informative， this brilliant book deserves to be a huge success and should be read by everyone。
J。
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I found some very interesting information in this book but I also found the same information was repeated。
Elle Read
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This really isn't my usual type of book but I have to say I really enjoyed this。 It's quite a hard read， but the language is pretty accessible。 I really enjoyed the science approach to things that are not usually science based， meditation etc。 It's impossible to explain without doing the book an injustice， but it has changed my way of thinking in how I intend to look after my body and mind This really isn't my usual type of book but I have to say I really enjoyed this。 It's quite a hard read， but the language is pretty accessible。 I really enjoyed the science approach to things that are not usually science based， meditation etc。 It's impossible to explain without doing the book an injustice， but it has changed my way of thinking in how I intend to look after my body and mind 。。。more
Lorraine
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This is an interesting book investigating spontaneous remission in a variety of patients and diseases。 It does contain some helpful points to improve your immune function but it is a long book and quite repetitive。
Alison Bradbury
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I read this hoping to read about some of the miraculous recoveries that people have made in the face of seeming death sentences and I have to say I was disappointed。 I felt that this book gives the reader a false impression。 It takes a small number of people who have recovered from various illnesses or conditions that are usually fatal and examines what they did that changed their outcome。 For many of the people this seems to have been as a result of life style changes - diet， stress， outlook on I read this hoping to read about some of the miraculous recoveries that people have made in the face of seeming death sentences and I have to say I was disappointed。 I felt that this book gives the reader a false impression。 It takes a small number of people who have recovered from various illnesses or conditions that are usually fatal and examines what they did that changed their outcome。 For many of the people this seems to have been as a result of life style changes - diet， stress， outlook on life etc。 The message that I took from the book was that to survive a fatal diagnosis you should change your diet （what you change it to is not really explained as it seems that all the people did something different， however， the overriding message was to eat Vegan as that will save you）， live as stress free as possible （one person took up daily yoga sessions and has completely and utterly built her entire life around this， while another cut off her family completely on the advice of spiritual guru at a retreat）， do the things that make you happy， and for some individuals praying or visiting faith healers。 I think that this is where I have the problem with this book because it leaves you feeling like if you or someone you know gets given a terminal diagnosis then you should do all these things and if they don't work then you clearly didn't do them well enough or want to be better badly enough and I think that that is quite a dangerous message to give。 This is a point I felt that was hammered home by the inclusion of a pair of twins with the same diagnosis - one wants to recover and live a normal life so， low and behold， they just get better， while the other feels that the condition is too bad and that there is nothing they can do and they continue being constrained by their illness。 I understand that state of mind is important in medicine as some patients can just surrender to their conditions， however， I felt uncomfortable that this book might make people feel that they just didn't want to get better enough and that they had somehow failed。 Thanks to the publishers and Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review。 。。。more
Shelby Bollen
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This covers the absolutely fascinating topic of people recovering following a terminal diagnosis。 It provides an insight into some medical terminology/physiology， e。g。 explanations of the immune system and its role in cancer， and I thought that this was explained clearly for those who may be new to the topic。However， it was terribly repetitive。 The first few cases were interesting， but then I slowly realised that the whole book was just repeating the same thing over and over but with different c This covers the absolutely fascinating topic of people recovering following a terminal diagnosis。 It provides an insight into some medical terminology/physiology， e。g。 explanations of the immune system and its role in cancer， and I thought that this was explained clearly for those who may be new to the topic。However， it was terribly repetitive。 The first few cases were interesting， but then I slowly realised that the whole book was just repeating the same thing over and over but with different cases。 It's also very long which， paired with the repetitive nature， made this an absolute chore to read which I wasn't expecting as I usually binge these sorts of books。 As there are no explanations behind the miraculous recoveries， it felt like a lot of emphasis was put on things that these patients did that could be a complete coincidence and not actually "the cure"。 A trip to Brazil， changing your diet， or even just having the mindset of 'wanting to get better' - we are told that the people who were miraculously cured did these things and somehow got better。 I worry that it could make a reader who has a terminal diagnosis （or even loved ones who have passed from a terminal condition） have feelings of guilt/negativity because they aren't doing good enough or haven't changed their diet。 I was excited to read this， but it turned out to be quite disappointing。 The topic is incredibly interesting， but I feel that the whole book could have been executed better。 Many thanks to the author， publisher， and Netgalley for sending me a copy of this book in return for an honest review。 。。。more
Zee Monodee
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The author goes into the how/why of these spontaneous remissions cases he presents and at least tries to find some cause and effect （though nothing can be proven 100%）。 That being said， on top of this topic， I read mainly for those things that 'seem' to have worked for these patients， and I did come away with some nuggets for improving health and immunity even if you can't really make it bulletproof。 This was， however， a very long book that had a lot of studies data and such stuff which really w The author goes into the how/why of these spontaneous remissions cases he presents and at least tries to find some cause and effect （though nothing can be proven 100%）。 That being said， on top of this topic， I read mainly for those things that 'seem' to have worked for these patients， and I did come away with some nuggets for improving health and immunity even if you can't really make it bulletproof。 This was， however， a very long book that had a lot of studies data and such stuff which really went over my head， and it was a journey to extract these tips and tricks to help health and longevity throughout 。。。more
Mabel
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A fascinating book discussing terminally ill people and how some appear to miraculously recover。 There is obviously something going on in these circumstances， but some should be taken with a pinch of salt。 Having worked as a nurse in the NHS I did come across some patients who having given up the will to live dictated their own demise。
Sharon Wallace
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